TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powell,John
TI  - How music works: the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond 
SN  - 9780316098304 (hc.)
AV  - ML 3805 P69.2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Little, Brown
KW  - Music
KW  - Acoustics and physics
KW  - Música -
KW  - Acústica y física
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Aspectos psicológicos
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas ([255]-257) e índice; So, what is music, anyway? -- What is perfect pitch and do I have it? -- Notes and noises -- Xylophones and saxophones : same notes but different sounds -- Instrumental break -- How loud is loud? -- Harmony and cacophony -- Weighing up scales -- The self-confident major and the emotional minor -- I got rhythm -- Making music -- Listening to music -- Fiddly details. Naming and identifying intervals ; Using the Decibel system ; Tuning an instrument to the pentatonic scale ; Calculating equal temperament ; The notes of the major keys; Accompanying CD: How to get different sounds from a guitar string -- Can you guess what this instrument is? -- Why some notes clash and others get along together -- Different ways to accompany a tune -- Ancient and modern scales -- 3,000-year-old music : ancient harp tuning -- The horrible out-of-tune bamboo whistle -- Confident majors and emotional minors -- How to bring tears to the eyes of the audience -- The magnificent drinking-straw oboe
N2  - John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics
ER  -